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Stephen Crane quotes

American Writer November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900

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Stephen Crane quote: "He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running..."
He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such pains to avoid. Stephen Crane
He vaguely desired to walk around and around the body and stare; the impulse of the living to try to read in dead eyes the answer to the Question. Stephen Crane
The maddened four men followed frantically, for it is better to be in the presence of the awful than only within hearing. ("The Black Dog") Stephen Crane
XXVIThere was set before me a mighty hill, And long days I climbed. Through regions of snow. When I had before me the summit-view, It seemed my labor. Had been to see gardens. Lying at impossible distances. Stephen Crane
She thinks my name is Freddie, you know, but of course it ain't. Ialways tell these people some name like that, because if they got ontoyour right name they might use it sometime. Understand? Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane quote: "When the suicide arrived at the sky, the people there asked..."
When the suicide arrived at the sky, the people there asked him: "Why?" He replied: "Because no one admired me. Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane quote: "The moon had been lighted and was hung in a treetop."
The moon had been lighted and was hung in a treetop. Stephen Crane
LCVIIf I should cast off this tattered coat, And go free into the mighty sky; If I should find nothing there. But a bast blue, Echoless, ignorant,-What then? Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane quote: "Over the river a golden ray of sun came through the hosts of..."
Over the river a golden ray of sun came through the hosts of leaden rain clouds. Stephen Crane
Tell her this And more,— That the king of the seas Weeps too, old, helpless man. The bustling fates Heap his hands with corpses Until he stands like a child With surplus of toys. Stephen Crane
But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and moon were about to clash, many persons would doubtless plan to get upon the roofs to witness the collision. Stephen Crane
Two or three angels. Came near to the earth. They saw a fat church. Little black streams of people. Came and went in continually. And the angels were puzzled. To know why the people went thus, And why they stayed so long within. Stephen Crane
Nevertheless, he had, on a certain star-lit evening, said wonderingly and quite reverently: "Deh moon looks like hell, don't it? Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane quote: "LVIA man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that..."
LVIA man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was more wise than the other. Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane quote: "Camp fires, like red, peculiar blossoms, dotted the night."
Camp fires, like red, peculiar blossoms, dotted the night. Stephen Crane

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